Re: [syzbot] [PATCH] net: Fix the null pointer deference in nsim_setup_prog_hw_checks

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Subject: [PATCH] net: Fix the null pointer deference in nsim_setup_prog_hw_checks
Author: kdipendra88@gmail.com

#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git 8de1e7afcc1c

Signed-off-by: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
index f60eb97e3a62..e407efb0e3de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bpf.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static void nsim_prog_set_loaded(struct bpf_prog *prog, bool loaded)
 		return;
 
 	state = prog->aux->offload->dev_priv;
-	state->is_loaded = loaded;
+	if (state)
+		state->is_loaded = loaded;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -317,10 +318,12 @@ nsim_setup_prog_hw_checks(struct netdevsim *ns, struct netdev_bpf *bpf)
 	}
 
 	state = bpf->prog->aux->offload->dev_priv;
-	if (WARN_ON(strcmp(state->state, "xlated"))) {
-		NSIM_EA(bpf->extack, "offloading program in bad state");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (state) {
+		if (WARN_ON(strcmp(state->state, "xlated"))) {
+			NSIM_EA(bpf->extack, "offloading program in bad state");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
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